IPL 7: The Singh’s back!

The match finally got underway after rain delayed the scheduled start. With the weather in his mind, DD skipper Kevin Pietersen after winning the toss invited Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat first. Both skippers wanted to bat first because of the rain (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

The start was a promising one for the RCB unit as Chris Gayle looked like roaring back to form. That, however, didn't happen as Gayle, after scoring a 23-ball 22, was cleaned up by seamer Rahul Shukla (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

RCB, in no time, suffered another blow when skipper Virat Kohli, who is in desperate need of runs, was run-out without making a substantial contribution (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

The stage was set for another Yuvraj show. With his team struggling to get runs on the board, the southpaw took the responsibility to accelerate the flow of runs (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Yuvraj's plans suffered a major blow when AB de Villiers was castled by Kaul (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

It was like AB's wicket injected a fresh lease of life into Yuvraj, who didn't look back after that. With 9 big hits over the fence, Yuvraj fired his team to a big total (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

KP was running short of options in the middle as Yuvi continued to dispatch the ball to all parts of the park (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

From 107/4, Yuvraj fired the total to 186/4 in no time. Sachin Rana, too, played a good role with his 14-ball 15 (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

It was important that DD got off to a good start in this stiff chase. That, again, didn't happen as Muralitharan trapped Murali Vijay in the very first over of the chase (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

The chase suffered another major blow when opener De Kock joined Vijay back in the hut and DD were struggling at 10/2 (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

KP did show some signs of return to form but the skipper couldn't continue and was stumped off leggie Chahal's bowling (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

After KP's wicket, Duminy did try to keep the visitors alive but the asking rate was way too much. After scoring a 30-ball 48, the elegant southpaw was cleaned up by Mitchell Starc, who was impressive yet again (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

The only way after that for the DD unit was the way down. The asking rate kept climbing and DD lost the fixture by 16 runs (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

The angry skipper was all smiles after the win. This was RCB's fourth win out of their 10 matches. They stay alive in the seventh edition of the IPL (Photo: BCCI/IPL)